harvey gantt says it is. your vote on this issue next tuesday, for racial quotas, harvey gantt.jesse helms. >> not subtle. hey white people vote for the white candidate. he'll protect you from the black people stealing your jobs. not subtle. that ad against harvey gantt was created by alex casellanes who now works for cnn. stoking white people's economic resentment against black people and black candidates. right? that playbook did not die with jesse helms in north carolina. here was mitt romney on fox news yesterday. >> president obama's decision to say we're going to allow waivers or excuses from work requirements in welfare was designed to shore up part of his base. a measure that would take work out of welfare and waiving the work requirement in welfare is an extraordinary political move on his part. we should not encourage o permanent lifestyle of welfare. >> the charge is perfectly false. but it also seems perfectly tuned to stoke white voters' economic resentment about lazy welfare people. the republicans got shy about repeating this inflammatory welfare charge last week.

harvey gantt. >> in good evening, fellow democrats.r leaders and our friends. ellen,one of charlotte's susan burgess. susan spent three decades in community and public service on the charlotte school board and the city council. she served on the democratic national committee and helped lead charlotte's effort to bring this convention here tonight. she fought for what she believed in, and she fought her own battle with cancer. sadly, she did not get the chance to see this convention convene. but i know that she would be very proud and she is here tonight is with us in spirit. this brief the film will highlight many other leaders that have passed in the last four years. their work and their ideals and inspire us every day. tonight, we salute their contributions. ♪ ♪ the >> delegates and guests, please well alejandra salinas. ♪ >> buenas noches, democratas! my name is alejandra salinas, a native of laredo. a proud a graduate of the university of texas. and on my way to law school at boston college. four years ago, on campuses all across t

democrats and republicans have never stopped to deny -- work requirement, to me is >> remember harvey gantt, mayor of this city, african-american. he ran against jesse, the other jesse. and they had a tv ad, a guy with white hands ripping up the pink slip saying you needed that job. >> yes. >> does that still go on? >> he paved the way for barack obama in 2008 and anthony fox in 2009. sometimes, we have to have a pioneer who helps people understand that we are not running these races to represent just one part of the society. we're running these races because we want to be judged by the concept and not by the color of our skin. >> boeing and airbus come to -- the civil rights movement. these jobs would have gone north. once the bearers came down, why has it benefitted the civil rights? it hurts when you see poor people who are -- medicare. and when carolina plays a big football game, because -- >> you know what's changed in democratic convention politics? >> it used to be the guy who gave the best speech lost. teddy kennedy in 1980 and jesse jackson in 1984 and in 1998. this time, the guy w

north carolina luminaries the longest serving governor jim hunt and the former mayor of charlotte harvey b. gantt and leading later to the anticipated speeches from massachusetts democratic senatorial candidate elizabeth warren and from the former president, bill clinton. >> ray we will be coming back to you throughout the night. up here in the skybox again we are joined with -- by these two dedicated pundits they are analysts. mark shields and "new york times" columnnist david brooks. you can beat up on me later. so picking up we were talking about the democrats being a party of different interest groups. tonight as we said, david, we are going to>.b hear from busins leaders in this party. a head of a big company, small business people. where do the democrats need to say about business? >> what is next? what is the growth agenda? if we were growing at 4% a year we would be generating enough jobs. what do you do? there's been a lot of vague talk that you need to grow the economy up and not down is the phrase. what do you do? what exactly is the agenda? we are still in the where is waldo phase loo

north carolina luminaries the longest serving governor jim hunt and the former mayor of charlotte harvey b. gantt and leading later to the anticipated speeches from massachusetts democratic senatorial candidate elizabeth warren and from the former president, bill clinton. >> ray we will be coming back to you throughout the night. up here in the skybox again we are joined with -- by these two dedicated pundits they are analysts. mark shields and "new york times" columnnist david brooks. you can beat up on me later. so picking up we were talking about the democrats being a party of different interest groups. tonight as we said, david, we are going to>.b hear from busins leaders in this party. a head of a big company, small business people. where do the democrats need to say about business? >> what is next? what is the growth agenda? if we were growing at 4% a year we would be generating enough jobs. what do you do? there's been a lot of vague talk that you need to grow the economy up and not down is the phrase. what do you do? what exactly is the agenda? we are still in the where is waldo phase loo

north carolina luminaries the longest serving governor jim hunt and the former mayor of charlotte harvey b. gantt and leading later to the anticipated speeches from massachusetts democratic senatorial candidate elizabeth warren and from the former president, bill clinton. >> ray we will be coming back to you throughout the night. up here in the skybox again we are joined with -- by these two dedicated pundits they are analysts. mark shields and "new york times" columnnist david brooks. you can beat up on me later. so picking up we were talking about the democrats being a party of different interest groups. tonight as we said, david, we are going to>.b hear from busins leaders in this party. a head of a big company, small business people. where do the democrats need to say about business? >> what is next? what is the growth agenda? if we were growing at 4% a year we would be generating enough jobs. what do you do? there's been a lot of vague talk that you need to grow the economy up and not down is the phrase. what do you do? what exactly is the agenda? we are still in the where is waldo phase loo

north carolina luminaries the longest serving governor jim hunt and the former mayor of charlotte harvey b. gantt and leading later to the anticipated speeches from massachusetts democratic senatorial candidate elizabeth warren and from the former president, bill clinton. >> ray we will be coming back to you throughout the night. up here in the skybox again we are joined with -- by these two dedicated pundits they are analysts. mark shields and "new york times" columnnist david brooks. you can beat up on me later. so picking up we were talking about the democrats being a party of different interest groups. tonight as we said, david, we are going to>.b hear from busins leaders in this party. a head of a big company, small business people. where do the democrats need to say about business? >> what is next? what is the growth agenda? if we were growing at 4% a year we would be generating enough jobs. what do you do? there's been a lot of vague talk that you need to grow the economy up and not down is the phrase. what do you do? what exactly is the agenda? we are still in the where is waldo phase loo